Student Profiles

Student Profiles
Student Profile Archive

Student Profiles

Carlos Rios  Carlos Rios '12
Class of 2012
Hometown: Wichita Falls, Texas






What drew me to studying education and teaching began in high school for me. I was in a program called the Academic Success Program that encouraged students, with the majority of them being underrepresented minority students that would be the first in their families to attend college, to attend out-of-state colleges with most of them even going on to some of the most prestigious schools in the country.

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Elyse TerryElyse Terry
Class of 2011
Hometown: Concord, Massachusetts

I was first drawn to education because of the act of teaching itself: I was curious about the dynamics of engaging with another person in that particular way. Once I began taking education courses at Bowdoin, beginning with Education 101, I started to see that education meshed completely with my first academic love: history. I learned how educational institutions both shaped and were shaped by historical trends and forces. I enjoyed examining the different ways that knowledge has been constructed, valued and shared over time.

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Georgia M. NowersGeorgia M. Nowers
 Class of 2012
Hometown: Toronto, Canada

This summer I will be continuing my growth by teaching Nepali children Photography, the first steps in a global community immersion program I am crafting with other Bowdoin students. We want to create lasting connections between many different communities through visual communication.

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William D. CabanaWilliam D. Cabana '11
Class of 2011
Hometown: South Portland, Maine

I did not plan on studying education and teaching when I arrived at Bowdoin, and to be honest, I did not even know that getting certified to teach was an option here.

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